Awareness and Knowledge about Antibiotic Use and Resistance among Students of Northern Border University Saudi Arabia

Soomro, Samreen; Alshammari, Hanan Oqla; Alabbas, Yaqin Abdullah

doi:10.4172/2329-891x.1000247

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“…Our findings showed that most of the students were familiar with the term antibiotic resistance (85%). In comparison with the findings in KSA [23], results were similar and comparable (65%) but higher in UK [24]. This research, 4 th year students had the highest percentage which shows that their knowledge and practice helped them to be more familiar.…”

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“…This common problem usually happen as they might believe, that antibiotics will relief their illness faster. Amoxicillin/Clavulanate was the most common drug used by the students which was also reported in KSA 68% [23], and reported in community settings in Yemen (52.35%) [28], and Indonesia (46%) [29]. The reason for it's highly usage is due to its effect on respiratory tract infections and it's commonly prescribed by physician.…”

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Assessment of the Knowledge and Self-medication Practices towards Antibiotics among Future Healthcare Professionals in Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Aboulilah

Ahmed

Jarjouma

et al. 2020

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Objectives: The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and self-medication behavior among health professions students regarding antibiotic usage. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed using a self-administrated questionnaire. A sample of 424 questionnaires was distributed randomly among health science students of a medical university in Ajman, UAE. The questionnaire is categorized into three sections which are Socio-demographic details of the participant, knowledge and self-medication practice of antibiotic. The data was entered in MS Excel spread sheet and analyzed as per the study objectives. Key Findings: Upon assessing the knowledge of respondents, authors found 85.8% of the students were familiar with the term ‘antibiotic resistance’. Half of the students agreed that antibiotics treat common cold quickly. Regarding the self-medication practices, 55.6% (n= 236) of students reported that they always take antibiotic without prescription. Cold and flu was the common reason for using antibiotics. Augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid) was the common medication used among the students. Nearly one third of the respondents (32.78%; n=139) saved the antibiotics in case of reinfection. Conclusions: In conclusion, antibiotic usage was common among study respondents. Preventive strategies, antibiotic stewardship programs, training, education programs and more restriction towards antibiotic dispensing should be implemented to avoid the misuse and antibiotic resistance.

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Assessment of the Knowledge and Self-medication Practices towards Antibiotics among Future Healthcare Professionals in Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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Jarjouma

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“…Globally irrational antibiotic use has led society to antibiotic resistance which is a serious health problem [12] .…”

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Antibiotic Knowledge and Awareness Among Healthcare Professional Students in Chennai –a Questionnaire-based Online Survey

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Rajendiran³

et al. 2023

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Background: Antibiotic resistance had become the greatest threat to modern medicine due to misuse and abuses of antibiotics, when resistance develops against the antibiotics by the microorganism, there will be a need for use of newer, higher efficacy, and more expensive antibiotics. Therefore, Every Health Care Professional student should be Knowledgeable about antibiotics and be aware of antibiotic resistance to prevent harmful effects of antibiotics. Objective: To assess the knowledge and awareness of antibiotics among healthcare professional students, to educate knowledge about antibiotics, and create awareness of antibiotic resistance among healthcare professional students. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Chennai, on June28th, 2021.Permission was obtained from IRB; a well-organized questionnaire was executed with 20 items using Google Forms. Pre- structured questions were pre-validated by Experts. Google form contains the details such as socio-demographic, knowledge, and awareness-based questions. The Completed data were collected and entered into an excel sheet and the results were analyzed with the proper statistical method. Results: According to the statistical analysis of data received, only61.34% of healthcare professional students are aware of antibiotics and only 66.26% of healthcare professional students have adequate knowledge about antibiotics. Conclusion: This study highly suggests that awareness camps, seminars, conferences, and lectures, etc., need to be organized for health care professional students to enable them to gain knowledge and awareness about antibiotics. Our study concludes that every Health Care Professional student should be Knowledgeable about antibiotics and be aware of antibiotic resistance to prevent harmful effects of antibiotics.

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Antibiotic use and resistance in a tertiary care hospital: knowledge and attitude among patients of orthopaedic and surgical wards in Malaysia

Pauzi

Hassan

Neo

et al. 2022

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research

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Objectives The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is rising globally as well as in Malaysia. AMR can lead to difficulty in the treatment of chronic infection if being neglected. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge and attitude about antibiotic usage and AMR. Methods A cross-sectional study design was carried out at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), Malaysia, where participants were recruited by using the non-probability convenience sampling from the six orthopaedic and four surgical wards. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the required data which were then analysed by using SPSS. Key findings A total number of 390 adult Malaysians (286 from orthopaedic wards and 104 from surgical wards) were involved in the study. This study showed that the level of knowledge and attitude about antibiotics among the majority of respondents were moderate. However, their knowledge regarding AMR was very low (i.e. lack of knowledge). In contrast, the majority of them (69.8%) showed a positive attitude towards antibiotics. Statistical analysis of data revealed that the level of knowledge of AMR was significantly associated with gender, age, race, marital status, educational level and knowledge about antibiotic resistance terms (P < 0.05) while respondents’ attitude towards antibiotic usage was significantly associated with gender, race, marital status and education level (P < 0.05). Conclusions It was necessary to formulate and develop strategies to improve the knowledge and awareness about antibiotics and AMR among health professionals. These might help them to improve their skills in delivering health information to the patients through a proper counselling technique.

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Awareness and Knowledge about Antibiotic Use and Resistance among Students of Northern Border University Saudi Arabia

Abstract: Background: Irrational antibiotic use has led society to antibiotic resistance a serious health problem worldwide, which is now trying to be solved by many various approaches. In 2011, the World Health Day theme was "Combat drug resistance: no action today means no cure tomorrow".

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Assessment of the Knowledge and Self-medication Practices towards Antibiotics among Future Healthcare Professionals in Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Assessment of the Knowledge and Self-medication Practices towards Antibiotics among Future Healthcare Professionals in Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Antibiotic Knowledge and Awareness Among Healthcare Professional Students in Chennai –a Questionnaire-based Online Survey

Antibiotic use and resistance in a tertiary care hospital: knowledge and attitude among patients of orthopaedic and surgical wards in Malaysia

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